33 The report is forthcoming, but the outcome and impact of the event is documented in Annex 3
Success Stories.
f. Governance Scorecards Improving
Governance Scorecards for both the sole fishery and the oyster and cockle fishery have been used since the beginning of the project to track progress in key categories. The baseline score
recorded in 2009 improved significantly for both fisheries in 2010 evaluated at the end of Year 1 in December 2010. Results for both the sole and the cockle and oyster fisheries continued to
improve in 2011 evaluated in Year 3 in January 2012 and are summarized in Table 2 below. It is clear that with the approval of the two co-management plans, First Order Outcomes focusing
on commitment and capacity have shown significant improvement. Second Order Outcomes, focusing on changes in institutional, individual and investment behavior are progressing more
gradually after an initial leap in Year 1.
Table 2: Governance Scorecard Results Outcome Order
Sole Cockles and Oysters
2009 2010
2011 2009
2010 2011
First Order Outcomes 14
29 36-37
11 28
33 Second Order Outcomes
14 31
32-37 10-12
27-29 35
An additional perspective on management of the Sole and Oyster fisheries in The Gambia was explored through collaboration with Chris Anderson, a URI Economist now moved to the
University of Washington who is developing a Fisheries Performance Indicator tool for The World Bank. The World Bank is interested in testing the tool in the context of developing
countries where significant investments in improved fisheries management are being undertaken. USAIDBaNafaa and stakeholders in The Gambia will benefit from the information generated on
the impact of project interventions on Output measuring wealth and Input enabling wealth indicators over time. Because this tool is being applied in more than 25 countries around the
world in various fisheries, The Gambia will also benefit from the perspective provided by comparative trends and analyses across countries. Chris Anderson visited The Gambia in January
2012 and provided a preliminary report summarizing the pre-USAIDBaNafaa status of the two fisheries in the diagrams below. The exercise should be repeated in 2 years.
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Figure 20: Baseline retrospective pre-USAIDBaNafaa Fisheries Performance Indicators for The Gambian artisanal sole fishery.
Figure 21: Baseline retrospective pre-USAIDBaNafaa Fisheries Performance Indicators for The Gambian oyster fishery.
g. Sharing the Co-Management experience outside The Gambia
